Agriculture in World History by Mark B Tauger

Agriculture in World History by Mark B Tauger

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Looks at farming in early civilizations - from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to early China and India - and asks how it is that since farmers have played a critical role in the fate of the species that they have never enjoyed high social status.

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Agriculture in World History by Mark B Tauger

Looks at farming in early civilizations - from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to early China and India - and asks how it is that since farmers have played a critical role in the fate of the species that they have never enjoyed high social status.

'This is a valuable and accessible study that teachers and students will find useful' Richard Brown, Historical Association

'Recommended. All undergraduate students and general readers.' L. S. Cline, Missouri State University. Reviewed in 2011aug CHOICE

Mark B. Tauger is an associate professor of history at West Virginia University, USA. He has published extensively on famines and agriculture in the USSR and India. His work has won the Eric Wolf Prize of the Journal of Peasant Studies and the Wayne D. Rasmussen Award of the Agricultural History Society.
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ISBN 13 9780415773874
ISBN 10 0415773873
Title Agriculture in World History
Author Mark B Tauger
Series Themes In World History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2010-11-04
Number of pages 198
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